Kruser, the whiteness is plastic from the inside collar of the flybarit's not hard plastic at all. It is wearing. Of course our experiences are going to be different, but Ihave had a flybar wear out the collar and while the carbon fiber was not worn at all, the whiteness just wiped right off... it's back on the flybar that I have in there now. While it's not worn out yet, it is wearing. I would have hoped that E-flite would have taken that into consideration, but there's only one way the hole can become out of round and that's from rubbing on the main shaft. In the end, it's all good because people probably break the flybar before it wears out.

Scott

PS. The moral is: Don't let holes wear out: convinceher to kegel. </p>